Brian Moonga takes a look at Lusaka’s George Water Supply Project

Brian Moonga takes a look at Lusaka's George Water Supply Project  

SOUTH AFRICA: Teachers’ Voices Heard in Public Sector Strike

South African teachers - along with other public service employees - have embarked on an indefinite strike over wages. The unions are demanding an 8.6 percent wage increase. Government says it cannot afford to offer 1.3 million striking public servants any more than seven percent.

UNAIDS says Africa should produce its own generic ARVs

UNAIDS says Africa should produce its own generic ARVs  

Water Users Association solves bill collection problems, but now where’s the water? Lameck Masina investigates

Water Users Association solves bill collection problems, but now where's the water? Lameck Masina investigates.

AFRICA: Bearing Witness and Celebrating the Everyday

"I had a lump in my breast for a few years that I ignored [mainly because] it didn’t hurt. It’s so easy to try to deny illness," says Tracey Derrick. When she finally went to see a doctor for a biopsy, she got a big shock. The result came back positive: breast cancer.

Drug shortages in South Africa’s Western Cape Province hospitals pose a risk to patients

Drug shortages in South Africa’s Western CapeProvince hospitals pose a risk to patients.

Provincial government in South Africa’s Western Cape Province promises to deal with shortages of crucial medicine for chronic conditions

Provincial government in South Africa’s Western Cape Province promises to  deal with shortages of crucial medicine for chronic conditions.

Hopewell Football Club: playing to win

Youth in rural South Africa have taken a leadership role in promoting safer sex

Latest version of Uganda’s anti-counterfeit bill satisfies the World Health Organisation

Latest version of Uganda's anti-counterfeit bill satisfies the World Health Organisation.

PHILIPPINES: Despite Ad Ban, Tobacco Industry Seduces Customers

Adventure motorcycle tours, and driving and racing events organised by tobacco firms. Canopies bearing cigarette brands in popular restaurants. Tobacco brands appearing beside the signages of convenience stores, whether along the Philippine capital’s urban alleys or provincial roads.

DRC Farmers: Untapped Potential

Today, one in six people on the planet go hungry, according to United Nations statistics. The food crisis and now the global economic crisis, together, have increased the number of undernourished people in the world to more that one billion for the first time since the 1970’s.

Rwanda Goes to the Polls

The presidential elections held in Rwanda on Aug. 9 2010 saw incumbent President Paul Kagame winning by a landslide, amid claims of political repression.

Slide Show: International Day for Biodiversity / 22 May 2010

The loss of biodiversity is widespread, and it is worrying; there are all sorts of alarming numbers about.

IBSA Editors Forum, Brasilia

As the leaders of the IBSA and BRIC groupings met in Brasilia on April 15, IPS hosted an official meeting of leading media editors from Brazil, India and South Africa. IPS Director General Mario Lubetkin and the chair of the IPS core donors group, Carlos Roberto Tiburcio de Oliveira, presented the recommendations from the meeting to President Lula, Prime Minister Singh, President Zuma, their Ministers and delegations, in a segment broadcast live on Brazilian national television. Read more: ips.org/institutional/ibsa-editors-forum-brasilia/

IBSA Editors Forum, Brasilia

As the leaders of the IBSA and BRIC groupings met in Brasilia on April 15, IPS hosted an official meeting of leading media editors from Brazil, India and South Africa. IPS Director General Mario Lubetkin and the chair of the IPS core donors group, Carlos Roberto Tiburcio de Oliveira, presented the recommendations from the meeting to President Lula, Prime Minister Singh, President Zuma, their Ministers and delegations, in a segment broadcast live on Brazilian national television. Read more: ips.org/institutional/ibsa-editors-forum-brasilia/

Thai Protests: After the Mayhem

 

Red New Year in Bangkok

 

THE DRY, DRY MEKONG

Thailand’s Red Days of Discontent

Thailand’s Bloody Saturday

Sudan votes: a view from the South